Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,240 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Northwest Enterprise, February 28, 1944 (Taylor Collection)
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William H. Wilson (?-?)
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Carl Maxey (1924-1997)
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William H. Carney (1840-1908)
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Robert Colescott (1925-2009)

Explore Global African History

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Madam Efunroye Tinubu (ca. 1805-1887)
Moeketsi Majoro (Ventures Africa)
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Moeketsi Majoro
(1961- )
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Peter Abrahams (1919– )
King Mswati III, (Wikipedia)
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Mswati III
(1986- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Edythe Turnham and Her Knights of Syncopation, Seattle, 1925
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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955
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Lewis G. Clarke: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Forgotten Hero
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John McWhorter, “Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans”
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The History of Allensworth, California (1908- )

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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